About This Program
The first graduate program of its kind in the Western United States – located in the heart of the nation’s professional entertainment community of Los Angeles – CSUN’s Master of Arts in Music Industry Administration is an excellent solution for professionals seeking careers in producing, distributing, managing,
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and promoting music, creative talent and music industry related businesses. It’s also one of the few contemporary music industry graduate programs in the world.
Programs Highlights
Music Business Administration – publisher, publishing administrator, music clearance specialist, music supervisor, business affairs
Marketing, Promoting and Publicizing Music – marketing or public relations specialist
Recorded Music Distribution and Promotion – record company executive, A&R rep, streaming services, finance, international distribution
Presenting Live Performances – concert producer, production manager, promoter or tour manager
Assisting performers with their careers – talent agent, personal manager, business manager, lawyer, publicist
Job Outlook: Entertainment, Digital Media & Design
Between January 2019 to May 2020, there were 393,256 unique job postings requiring a master’s or bachelor’s degree. Employment in the sector is projected to grow 5% from 2018 to 2028.
Master of Music Industry Administration program at CSUN
In live online sessions, your instructors will lead discussions, teach learning modules, and connect you with likeminded students from around the country. Each day is a powerful opportunity to network. Guest speakers, who are leaders in the various sectors of the music industry, will also periodically attend sessions, guiding discussions and providing insight into the business.
What do MIA graduates do?
The program is offered in the cohort format, which facilitates networking and the formation of lasting professional connections. You’ll also have opportunities to meet leaders in the music industry through our guest speaker class visits, Industry Insight panel discussions, job placement services. With that, you’ll participate in numerous local music industry networking events that happen regularly in Los Angeles on a monthly basis.
Although the program is online, on three occasions, you’ll visit Los Angeles for rewarding networking events and coaching:
Visit campus for a welcoming meet-and-greet and orientation with your cohort colleagues, the program professors and support staff
Get to know industry insiders and the company you’ll be doing your capstone consulting project for
Present your culminating project to faculty, colleagues, and your subject company, then graduate soon afterwards, preceded by a hooding ceremony.
Learn the business of music – all on a convenient, digital platform
Now online, the 33-unit Music Industry Administration program takes only 21 months to complete, and you can finish the program all from the comfort of home. The program is taught by distinguished music industry and business professionals as well as educators with many years of experience in the field. While some of the courses are the same as those in CSUN’s MBA program, which is ranked among the nation’s best part-time MBA programs by U.S. News and World Report, most feature content that is specifically relevant to current major music industry sectors and trends.
Meet your Faculty from Tseng College
Seven Bailey
M.A.
Adjunct Professor, Music Industry Administration program, CSUN
David Bakula
Music Industry Research, Data and Analytics
Adjunct Professor, Music Industry Administration program, CSUN
Stacie M. de Armas
MBA
Adjunct Professor, Music Industry Administration program, CSUN
Daniel Degravel
Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Management, David Nazarian College of Business and Economics, CSUN
Jeffrey Izzo
Juris Doctor at Seattle University School of Law
Associate Professor, and Mike Curb Endowed Chair of Music Industry Studies, Music Industry Administration program, CSUN
Daniel Lovejoy
M.S., CPA
Adjunct Professor, Music Industry Administration program, CSUN
Brian McKenzie
M.A.
Adjunct Professor, Music Industry Administration program, CSUN
Andrew Surmani
MBA
Professor, Music Industry Studies, Department of Music
Robert Teegarden
M.A.
Adjunct Professor, Music Industry Administration program, CSUN
Franck Vigneron
Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Marketing, David Nazarian College of Business and Economics
Gaelen Whittemore
Music Industry Administration program
Adjunct Professor
Access course material at any time
On our user-friendly platform, you can access course material on demand. At your convenience, you can view recordings of previous classes, review lessons or catch up on the day’s study.
Students Success stories
Within two months of being in this program I knew like a million times more that I knew at the beginning of it.
Timothy Ketenjian
MIA
You're going learn a ton of concepts that are unique just to the music business itself. That you're not gonna find in a traditional MBA.
Robert Teegarden
MIA
We're here in Los Angeles, the Mecca of the music industry so it only makes sense to offer a master's degree in music business that this would be the perfect choice.
Brian McKenzie
MIA
So many executives, so many different artist managers, so many different artists, came in and actually spoke to us and let us know what their experience was in the music industry.
Jessica Loyd
MIA
